Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicKathryn Joseph @ Summerhall, 6 Aug
Stepping in at the last minute for expected opening act The Anchoress, Siobhan Wilson reveals herself to be a more than capable substitute. Her songs eb... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
MusicFalse Advertising @ The Castle Hotel, 5 Aug
Manchester: so, so many bands to answer for right now. Is that really the rapidly changing means of distribution and access, or simply an increasingly commit... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
MusicEx-Easter Island Head - Twenty-Two Strings
The Liverpool collective's unique methodology is exposed on the cover of their latest album. Three electric guitars + one bass = twenty-two strings. With the... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
MusicBlossoms @ Gorilla, 7 Aug
“It’s better than watching Sunday afternoon shit on the TV.” Blossoms frontman, Tom Odgen has got a point – matinée ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 9-15 August
There's the first recorded 24 hour art day this week thanks to non-stop events in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with Edinburgh Art Festival at the fore once again Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Art
Our Andrew of the Flowers - Andrew Black Interview
In advance of his first solo show at Embassy Gallery, Andrew Black speaks candidly about what the opportunity has meant to him as a white cis male, and how he's not trying to get away guilt-free Read more »| 09 Aug 2016
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FilmWhat to Watch this Week (8-15 Aug)
The best films to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the latest film from Todd Solondz, 80s-set coming-of-... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Film
Brady Corbet on The Childhood of a Leader
Brady Corbet has come a long way from 2004's Thunderbirds reboot. Since that inauspicious start he's chosen his acting roles wisely and with The Childhood of... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Music
Glass Animals – How to Be a Human Being
Like a trip to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, Glass Animals’ debut Zaba was a fruit salad-coloured melting pot of fizzing percussion, popping s... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Film
The Shallows
Jaume Collet-Serra's shark thriller starring Blake Lively offers some unsettling scenes, but most of the groundwork was done by Jaws four decades ago Dark, ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Vir Das on Telling the Truth with Toilet Humour
Vir Das is one of the biggest names in Indian comedy, and it's apt that his first name means 'brave' – the last time he was in town, things didn’t quite go as planned Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Re-Imagining A Seminal Moment in Scottish Raving
With Slam's legendary 1989 Tramway rave as its starting point, The Pony Island looks to merge classic rave sounds with a community vibe that promotes inclusivity and fun Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Film
Pete's Dragon
A charming new spin on Disney's Pete's Dragon Disney’s ongoing spate of live-action remakes has once again upped the ante with Ain't Them Bodies Saint... Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Film
Todd Solondz on his controversial career
For over two decades, Todd Solondz has wryly explored the lives of middle-class suburbanites trapped by their own melancholy and anxieties. We speak to him a... Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Film
The Wave
Hollywood-style disaster picture made in Norway Read more »| 08 Aug 2016